Tom Franklin (author)

Thomas Gerald Franklin
Born July 7, 1963
Occupation Writer, professor
Ethnicity American
Alma mater M.F.A., University of Arkansas
B.A., University of South Alabama
Genre Crime fiction
Spouse Beth Ann Fennelly
Children 1 daughter, 2 sons

Thomas Gerald Franklin (born July 7, 1963) is an American crime fiction writer originally from Dickinson, Alabama.[1] His first novel, Hell at the Breech (2003), is a fictionalized version of a violent episode near the author's home. He is author of the novels Hell at the Breech (2003), Smonk (2006), and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (2010) which won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. Franklin's first book is collection of short stories, Poachers (1999), the title story of which won the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Short Story. In 1998 he received his MFA from the University of Arkansas, where he met his wife, poet Beth Ann Fennelly. He co-wrote the novel The Tilted World (2013) with Fennelly.[2] He is currently an associate professor at the University of Mississippi.[3][4]

References

  1. Ellroy, James; Penzler, Otto (2011). The Best American Noir of the Century. Mariner Books. p. 445. ISBN 9780547577449.
  2. Franklin, Tom; Fennelly, Beth Ann (2013). The Titled World: A Novel. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0230769004.
  3. "Faculty". University of Mississippi Department of English. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  4. "Tom Franklin". University of Mississippi. Retrieved June 7, 2015.


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